WWDC keynote now! New MacBook! No tablet/netbook mentioned!

[delphidb96]

http://i.gizmodo.com/5283256/new-15+...d-sd-card-slot

Yep. So far all we've seen announced is a 15" Macbook, a $700 price cut on the Macbook Air and NO announcement of a netbook/tablet-pc or ebook reader - YET!

Derek

[Gideon]

I'm not holding my breath. There's always that upswing of "netbooks!" but it by the time it comes most the analysists are all saying the opposite.

I would be happy to be wrong.

[Moejoe]

the liveblog is on now - Snow Leopard upgrade $29

http://live.gizmodo.com/

[pilotbob]

The keynote is a bare 20 mins old when you started this thread.

Although I don't not expect an eReader or large iPod or NetBook etc.

BOb

[Gideon]

Yeah, THAT's how you do an upgrade price.

And Leopard wasn't the steaming pile Vista was (though, admittedly, got much better after the SP).

[Sonist]

Actually, there is still hope for "One More Thing."

SJ has not appeared yet, and they are already talking about the new phone.

If they show him today, it may be to introduce something totally new... (tablet :-)

Or, he may be the actual "One More Thing."

We'll find out in a few minutes.

[Moejoe]

Now they're demoing an iPhone ebook reader by Scroll Motion http://www.icebergreader.com/ looks propietary and nasty to me, although they're claiming 1million books come the launch.

[Sonist]

1 Million Books in the Apple Store!??

If true, then WOW!

[Sonist]

Originally Posted by Moejoe

Now they're demoing an iPhone ebook reader by Scroll Motion http://www.icebergreader.com/ looks propietary and nasty to me, although they're claiming 1million books come the launch.

If DRM can be removed, it would be great. I hope the magazines are in PDF format.

[Moejoe]

Originally Posted by Sonist

1 Million Books in the Apple Store!??

If true, then WOW!

1million books to be offered by 'Scroll Motion'

We currently offer over 500 best-selling books in the App Store, and are thrilled to announce we will soon be bringing more than a million books, as well as more than 50 major magazines and over 170 daily newspapers to the iPhone.

[Gideon]

Yeah, how much you bet 99% of that is public domain stuff?

[Moejoe]

Originally Posted by Gideon

Yeah, how much you bet 99% of that is public domain stuff?

More than likely, I just want to know what this 'iceberg' reader is all about. Is it some kind of self-contained app where the books themselves are wrapped up in a non-open container? Some new format that will further require DRM and ridiculous workarounds to get any use out of the product.

[Sonist]

Yeah, if it's a new new format, they can shove it....

[Moejoe]

Originally Posted by Sonist

Yeah, if it's a new new format, they can shove it....

From their website it says Iceberg maintains pagination. This means that there are individual book pages, just like in the print copy of a book. This helps keep you oriented while reading, and serves as reference points for our notes and search features.
If this is so, it can't possibly be a reflowable format, can it?

[delphidb96]

Originally Posted by Moejoe

From their website it says Iceberg maintains pagination. This means that there are individual book pages, just like in the print copy of a book. This helps keep you oriented while reading, and serves as reference points for our notes and search features.
If this is so, it can't possibly be a reflowable format, can it?

It would be damned difficult. And that also means it'll probably be a one-font-size-fits-all format. Unless they go with full font re-sizing but with extra-large fonts causing 'split' pages. Been there, done that with PDF - hated it then, don't expect I'll like it now.

Derek

Yep, just as I've thought, if you look at the 'adjustable font size' features page, you'll see that large font sizes result in cut-off sentences at the bottom of the screen. Yep - REAL professional - NOT!